Floor brushing and waxing machine.



PATENTED MAR. 26, 1907.

C. B. WATTLES.

FLOOR BRUSHING AND WAXING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. 5, 1906.

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FLOOR BRUSHING AND WAXING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FBB.5.1906.

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oYRA B. wATTLEs, or PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, AssIeNoR To sUR- RACING MACHINE COMPANY, or PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A ooR- PORATION or RHODE ISLAND'.

FLOOR BRUSHING AND wAxING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I:"atentecl March 26, 1907.

Application filed February 5, 19,06. Serial No. 299.596:

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CYRA B. WATrLEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, inthe county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Floor Brushing and Waxing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

.This invention has 'reference to an improvement in'floor-polishing machines, and more particularl to an improvement in a machine adapted7 to brush and polish wood loors.-

The object of my invention is to improve the constructiongof a floor-waxing machine whereby the functions of brushing and polishing a iloor with wax'may be done in separate operations or in one continuous operation, as desired.

Further objects of my invention are to reduce the cost of brushing and polishing wood floors with wax or other homogeneous substances and to olish a iioor more perfectly nd expeditious y than has heretofore been one.'

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction f a floor brushing and waxing machine oprising a frame, wheels supporting the rear portion of the frame, al

handle pivotally secured to the axle ofthe wheels, means foradjusting the position of the handle relative to the frame, a rollerbrush rotatably supported in bearings in the frame and supporting the forward end of the frame, a motor secured to the frame, means for operatively connecting the motor with the roller-brush to revolve the brush, a casing adapted to cover the upper portion of the roller-brush and `having a dirt-compartment and a cylindrical wax-receptacle in the under side of which is a longitudinal slot', means for pivotally securing the casing to the frame in a position to bring the slot in the wax-receptacle over the roller-brush, a round bar of wax or other homogeneous substance ada ed to enter the receptacle and frictionally engage with the roller-brush through the slot in the rece tacle, and means for raising the casing to liit the wax out of engagement with the roller-brush, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter. y 4

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my iin roved floor brushing and Waxing machine, s owing the motor operatively connected with the roller-brush shaft. Fig. 2' is a vertical side view shown partly in section to show the construction of the brushin and waxing mechanism. Fig. 3 is an enarged vertical sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2 through the bearings and casing or the brushing and waxing mechanism. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 3 and showing the construction of the casing, and Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view similar to Fig. 4 of a modiiied form of casing.

In the drawings, a indicates the frame; b b, the wheels; c, the handle d, the rollerbrush; e, the motor; ffthe belt; g, the casing having the dirt-compartment h and the cylindrical wax-rece tacle fi; c, a cylindrical bar of wax -or other omogeneous substance in the receptacle i; Z, the casing-lifting mechanism on the motor, and m a cord connecting /the casing with the lifting mechanism of my improved floor brushing and waxing machine.

The frame a is constructed to have a body portion a', adapted to hold the motor e, two forwardly-extending arms a2 a2, supporting on their ends the bearings a3 a3 for the shaft of the roller-brush d-.and having the notches a4 a4 in their upper edges adjacent the body a', the cut-away portions forming the openings a5fa5 for the handle c, the two rearwardly-extending arms a6 a, and the bearings 0/ a7 in the side of the frame adjacent the rear for the axle of the wheels b b, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2'. y

The wheels b b are secured to the axle b', which is rotatably secured in the bearing a7 a7, thus bringing the greater weight of the frame a and the motor e on the roller-brush d.

The handle c is constructedlto have the T- shaped upper end c and the yoke c2 on its lower end, in the sides of which are the slots c3 c3, as shown in Fig. 2. The arms of the yoke c2 are pivotally secured at their ends, through the openings a5 a5 in the frame, to the axle b. The arms of the yoke c2 are provided with the slides yc4* c, each slide having the recess c5 for the arm of the yoke, the semicircular lower edge c, and the central bolt c7 for adjustably securing the slide to the arm of the yoke in a position for the bolt to extend through the slot c3 in the arm, where it is se- 'cured by the thumb-nut cs with the semicircular edge of the slide resting O11 the .upper edge of the rearwardly-extending arm a of the frame a, as shown in Fig. 2.- Thefhandle c is suciently long to bring the T-shaped ulpper end c into a convenient position for t 1e operator. By adjusting the slides c4 c4 loc ing andtextends through the ends g g into same by rivets or other means, and the closed ends g g6 shaped to conform to the' contour of casing with the wax-receptacle i is cone up or down on the yoke c2 of the handle c the l positionof the handle is adjusted relative to l the machine and the leverage of the handle increased or decreased, as desired.

rlhe roller-brush d is secured to the shaft d which is rotatably supported in the bearings a3 a3. A pulley d2 is secured to the end of the l shaft d coinciding with the pulley side of the motor e, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

Themotor e may be of any kind desired. In the preferred'form I use an electric motor connected to a source of electric energy by a g flexible cable (not shown) and having a casi ing e with the lug e2 and the bearings'e e3, rotatably supporting lan armature-shaft e4, on which is a pulley e5, connected to the pul` ley d2 on the shaft of the roller-brush by the belt f, as shown in Fig. 1. The motor e is rigidly secured to the body a of the frame a in any Well-known way.

The casing g is constructed, preferably, of sheet metal and shaped tohave .theicurved top g with the upWardly-extendin lip g2 and the .downwardly and then upward y extending semicircular rear portion g3 forming the dirt-compartment b,..the curved front portion g4 having the upwardly-extending lip g5., Ithe cylindrical wax-receptacle i, having the longitudinal slot 1'/ in its under side and se-` cured to the lips g2 and g5 intermediate the*4 the casing and having the upwardly-extending .portions g7 g7 adapted to close the open ends of the wax-receptacle from the bottom up approximately one-quarter the diameter' o the receptacle, and the semicircular re-` cessed portions g8 g8 in the lower edges adapte ed to bear on-.the' bearings a3 a3 and support the forward -end of the casing, as lshown in Figs. 3 and 4. A rod g9 is secured to the casthe notches a aA1 in the arms a2 a2 on the frame a, thus pivotally supporting the rear of the caslng on the arms a2 a2, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. In the modified form of casing as shown in Fig". 5 the forward portion of the structed separate and secured to the rear portion by the hinges q10 g1". In this construetion the wax-receptacle may be lifted into the osition as shown in broken lines without raising the entire casing.

The casing-lifting mechanism l consists of `a lever l', having the eye Pand pivotally secured to the lug e2 on the casing of the motor e. The cord m m is secured to the eye Z2 on the lever Z and to an eye g on the casing g, as shown in Fig. 2.

In the operation of my 'improved floor brushing and-Waxing machine themotor e revolves the roller-brush d -on the floor at ahigh rate of speed through the driving-pulley e5, the belt and the pulley d2 on the rollerbrush sha t d', while the operator moves floor when required the machine on the floor by the handle c. In brushingv the floor to remove all extraneous substances before waxing the casing g is raised and the bar of wax k lifted'out of engagement with the rollerbrush d, by

throwing the lever Z of the lifting mechanism l over against the motor e, as shown in broken lines in Fig. 2. The dust or dirt from the floor now collects in the dirt-compartment h, from which it is removed when required by lifting the casing from the machine and dumping the dirt out of the compartmenth.` In Waxing the floor the casing is lowered into its normal position, as shown in full lines inFig. 2. The cylindrical bar of wax c nowfextends partly through the slot i in the receptacle i and rests on the bristles of the roller-brush d. The rapidly-revolving brush frictionally 'engaging the cylindrical bar, of wax disintegrates the wax and deosits the same on the floor, where it is worked into the grain ofthe wood bythe brush and the floor polished with the wax by the rapidlyrevolving brush in one continuous operationy of the machine. The brush revolving in frictional contact with the cylindrical bar of ywax causes the wax to revolve in the recep tacle and present continuously a new sur V the dust `or dirt deposited in the dirt-'compartment h in one continuous o eration of `the machine.

The casing g, witi `the' wax. k, 1s raised when the roller-'brush d is used for IOO polishing only. The cylindricalrod 7c may e of wax, para'l'nnor any-jotherfhomogeneous substance adaptable for the purpose.

be varied by varying the pressure' of the han- The pressure of the brush'onv the `floor may dl/e, or the brushmay be lifted from the ment of thehandle-.' I

by a Vdownward move- Having thus' described invention, I! i claim as new and desirefto secure by Letters Patent.- I

1. In a floor brushingand waxing machine,

a frame, wheels 'rotatably secured to the frame, a handle pivotally secured to the axle of the wheels, means for adjusting the handle 'relativeto the frame, a motor secured to the frame, 1 a roller-brush rotatably` secured in bearings inthe frame, means for operatively connecting the motorwith the brush to re- -volvetl1e brush, a-casing pivotally secured to the frame over the'brush and having a' dirt-compartment and awax-receptacle in the` under side ofwhich isa slot.

2. A floor brushing vand Waxlng machine comprising a frame, an axle rotatably secured in bearings in the frame, wheels secured to the axle, a handle pivotally secured to the axle, means on .the handle adapted to engage with the frame to adjust the handle relative to the frame, ay motor secured to the frame, a roller -lbrush rotatably secured in bearings in the frame, means for operatively connecting the" motor with the brush to revolve the brush, a casing pivotally secured to the frame over the brush and having a dirt-compartment and a Wax-receptacle in the under side of which. is a slot, and means for lifting the casing and the waxreceptacle out of engagement with the rollerbrush.

3. In a floor brushing and Waxing machine,

the combination of a frame a, wheels b l) secured to an axle b which is rotatably secured in bearings in the frame, a handle c pivotally A secured to the axle b', means for adjusting the handle relative to the frame, a rollerbrush d rotatably secured in bearings in the frame, a motor e secured to the Jframe, means for operatively connecting the motor with the roller-brush to revolve the brush, a casing g having the dirt-compartment h and the wax-receptacle 'i with the slot i in its under side, means for pivotally securing the casing g to the kframe a in a position for the rollerbrush d to frictionally engage with the bar c of wax through the slot t in the receptacle, and means for raising the casing g consisting of the leverv Z pivotally secured to the motor ve and the cord m connected to the lever Z and to the casing g, as described.

4. In a licor brushing and waxing machine, a casing g constructed to have the curved top g with the upwardly-extending lip g2, the downwardly and then upwardly extending semicircular rear portion g3 forrmng the dirt compartment 71 the curved front portion g4 having the upwardly-extending lip g5, the wax receptacle i having the longitudinal slot i in its under side, and secured to the lips g2 and g5 intermediate the same, the closed ends g6 g shaped to conform to the contour of the lips g2 and g5 intermediate the same, the4 closed ends g6 g6 shaped to conform to the contour of the casing, the front portion of the casing with the Wax-receptacle i' being constructed separate and pivotally secured tothe rear portion of the casing by the hinges gw go, means for securing the casing in the frame of the machine and means for raising the front portion of the casing with the waxreceptacle, as described.

6. In a floor brushing and Waxing machine,

a frame a having the rearwardly-extendingy arm a6, a handle c having the T-shaped upper end c and the yoke c2 on' its lower end in the side of which is the slot c?, a slide c4 having the recess c5 for the arm of the yoke, the semicircular lower edge c6 and the central bolt c7 which extends through the slot c3, in the arm of the yoke, means for adjustably securing the slide c4 to the arm of the yoke consisting ofthe thumb-nut c8 on the bolt c7, and means i' or pivotally securing the yoke of the handle to the frame a in Ya position for the semicircular edge c6 on the slide to engage with the upper edge of the arm a on the frame, whereby the handlefis adjustable `relative to the frame, as described. l

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

K CYRA B. WATTLES. Witnesses ADA E. HAGERTY, J. MILLER. 

